You're welcome. 
One more piece of advice-if you do end up buying, make sure to have a rock solid contingency plan in place, in case you, the members of our forum, or even an expert, determine the signature has been forged. I would never pay for a high value collectible with cash. I'll reference a discussion Bob E. had earlier on our forum. The short of it is that he was sold a Mickey Mantle (graded) where the slab had been popped and resealed. The card was authentic, but was apparently doctored.
The important thing to take from the discussion is that he made the purchase through American Express, and once he had concrete proof that fraud existed (sending the card in to PSA for a reslab), Amex covered what would have been a loss. I'd have to go back and review the current guidelines for purchasing through Paypal, but I think the same (or a similar) policy holds, provided that you bought the card as a good/service. I know that some members of our forum feel comfortable occasionally sending Paypal as friends & family, as it saves on fees. I trust the members of our forum, and consider many of them friends. But when I buy anything, be it a movie, or a $500 baseball card, if I am using Paypal, I do it via goods and services. I pay extra to cover the fees, so the seller receives the whole amount they are expecting. It's smart business. Communicate with the seller ahead of time that you want to use Paypal, and that you'll do goods & service, but send extra so they don't receive the full amount. I use The fee calculator to tell me how much to send.
Let us know here what you ultimately decide, and, if anything, what you learn about the signature.
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Originally Posted by egri
Thank you for the response Bill; it is very helpful. There is a card I'm looking at buying for my project that I will probably post over on the autograph forum for opinions. I think it is good, but I've been wrong before.
Thanks again. I wish I'd had the good sense to ask for help more often when I was starting out. It would have saved me a lot of grief.
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